Sports Illustrated-The Super Bowl: Sport's Greatest Championship [Hardcover]

Sports Illustrated (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Time Life Education; F edition (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883013410
• ISBN-13: 978-1883013417
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #916,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best on the SB..!!, January 21, 2001

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Tim Quigley (South Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sports Illustrated-The Super Bowl: Sport's Greatest Championship (Hardcover)

This work is a comprehensive book on the subject and gives excellent insights to the stars of the game with pictures and articles by SI writers and photogs.

If you are a fan of the game, this book is a must have.

I especially appreciated the shots of the non-action stuff that gives you a sense of the craziness of this ultimate game in January from the fans to the halftime extravaganzas to the sideline shots.

Well done.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Writing and Great Photos, October 8, 2000

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K.H. - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sports Illustrated-The Super Bowl: Sport's Greatest Championship (Hardcover)

This book, on the greatest championship in American sports, is well worth the purchase. If you are a football fan, then this book is for you. It covers the greatest Super Bowls (SB), the Bio's on the greatest players in the SB, and the Best teams.

People such as Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Jim Plunkett, Jerry Rice, Lynn Swan, and Joe Nameth are profiled.

My only disagreement with this book is, like any fan, who the chose as the best team and greatest games. That is of course, what makes football so fun. We have are favoriates and see this sport through our eyes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The spectacle of the first thirty-two games is captured, July 3, 2004

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Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sports Illustrated-The Super Bowl: Sport's Greatest Championship (Hardcover)

The super bowl started rather small, but is now the biggest event in American sports. There are many valid arguments about which was the most significant game, but to me there is no question that it was number 3. In the first two super bowls, the NFL champion Packers totally destroyed their AFL opponent. However, in game 3, the AFL Jets dominated the NFL Colts, removing the notion that the NFL was the better league.
There have been many memorable super bowl moments in the first thirty-two years, and in this collection, the organization is by quarters. The first quarter is a summary of ten of the most exciting super bowls, the second a brief description of ten of the most dominant or influential teams to play in the super bowl; the third quarter lists 20 of the players whose super bowl performance was outstanding and the fourth quarter is a photographic summary of the games. Since the halftime show has now become such a spectacle, there is a section devoted to that as well.
I witnessed most of the events captured in this book and it was a joy to relive them. Even when the game is decided early, there is something magical about the super bowl and much of that dazzle and drama is captured in this book.